[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 24452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09801]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On April 24, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United States v. City of
Akron, et al., Civil Action No. 5:14-cv-00884.
In the Complaint, the United States alleges that the City of Akron
(``City'') and Akron Energy Systems LLC (``AES'') (collectively
``Defendants'') violated, at a steam generating facility that they own
and operate, respectively, in Akron, Ohio, the Prevention of
Significant Deterioration regulations and the New Source Performance
Standards, both promulgated under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.
Under the consent decree, the Defendants will shut down the
facility's coal-fired boiler by no later than September 30, 2015. The
City will either replace the steam-generating capacity of the coal-
fired boiler with one or more cleaner-burning natural gas-fired boilers
or elect to shut down the facility. The City will pay a civil penalty
of $75,000 and undertake a project costing no less than $390,000 to
mitigate the harm of the alleged prior excess emissions from the coal-
fired boiler.
The publication of this notice opens a period of public comment on
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Acting
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to United States v. City of Akron, et al., D.J. Ref.
No. 90-5-2-1-08720/1. All comments must be submitted no later than
thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments
may be submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email.................................. pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov.
By mail................................... Acting Assistant Attorney
General, U.S. DOJ--ENRD,
P.O. Box 7611, Washington,
DC 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the consent decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy
of the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. Please
enclose a check in the amount of $19.25 (25 cents per page reproduction
cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-09801 Filed 4-29-14; 8:45 am]
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